The Long Journey Home: Making Room Under the Umbrella--The Legal.... .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 8Environment. Publisher: IRIN News Service, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Forced migration | Internally displaced persons | Refugees | Refugees -- Legal status | Repatriation | United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "International refugee law first saw the light of day on 28 July 1951, when the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted. Never before had civilians uprooted by man-made disasters been considered in need of protection by a special branch of law. The aftermath of World War II called the world's attention to a new phenomenon: the mass displacement of persons fleeing conflicts and political crises. For the first time, forced migrants were legally identified as 'refugees' and their plight taken into account by what would later be called the 'international community'." (IRIN NEWS SERVICE) This article examines "the legal framework governing forced migration."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Long Journey Home: Making Room Under the Umbrella--The Legal..., Feb. 2005; pp. n.p..
"International refugee law first saw the light of day on 28 July 1951, when the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted. Never before had civilians uprooted by man-made disasters been considered in need of protection by a special branch of law. The aftermath of World War II called the world's attention to a new phenomenon: the mass displacement of persons fleeing conflicts and political crises. For the first time, forced migrants were legally identified as 'refugees' and their plight taken into account by what would later be called the 'international community'." (IRIN NEWS SERVICE) This article examines "the legal framework governing forced migration."
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